It's Sunday, midnight before a regular school day.
Do you know where your children are?
PROBABLY ESSAYING.
1. Lee has really only ever had one or two colds in his life. Those, however, were severe, and once followed by pneumonia.
2. Despite that fact, he followed Team Seven on a B-rank mission and ended up saving Sakura's life for the second time.
3. This time, she actually bothered (reluctantly) to thank him, and call him an idiot. Lee couldn't have been happier.
4. The first time he was drunk, he tried to kiss his teammate. Afterwards, Neji and Lee did not exchange words for three months.
5. During those, Lee had sworn himself to never touch any alcohol ever again.
6. One year later, when Lee ran in on Neji and Naruto kissing in a silent corner of his birthday party, he willingly got drunk enough to cause a brawl, hoping that someone would have the strength and mercy to knock him unconscious.
7. Nobody did, and in Gai-sensei's absence, Neji was the one who had to hold him off from destroying more of the furnishing. Lee could not have been more devastated.
8. There are several reasons why Lee is absolutely self-conscious about anything that is not his fighting, but a reason why he would like to hate himself is because on that day, he considered suicide.
9. Instead, he pleaded with Tsunade to assign him to an S-rank mission that had a potentially high killing rate. He may have wanted to die, but he wanted to die for Konoha, not for a broken heart.
10. Seventeen other shinobi went on that mission. Only four returned, Lee amongst them.
11. He has the feeling that he will never stop loving Sakura and Neji, but instead of the pain, he treasures the memories in which they did not express how repulsive they thought Lee was. Nowadays, these are locked away in a very quiet place of his heart.
12. Lee is an impressionable apprentice - he has been transmitted more than just one quirk of Maito Gai's, but also his training with OOC!Orochimaru left a certain mark (not the seal, you sillies).
13. His laugh is absolutely precious and as boyish as his face; however if given a reason, he may just 'ku ku ku~' in a way that would make OOC!Orochimaru proud. (And that in a sober state.)
14. Do not turn down Lee's invitations for a home-cooked dinner. You will regret it.
15. He brushes his teeth three times a day, flosses whenever he feels the need to and gurgles menthol essence. If you wake up next to him, he will still not give a rat's ass if his precious person has morning breath. Have a morning kiss. ♥
16. He is ridiculously ticklish.
17. Miraculously, even without bandages he always finds a way to cover his forearms down to his knuckles. He's not self-conscious about himself being ugly, rather than deeply worried that he might cause you eyesores with his scars.
18. This is why he always apologizes profusely to the poor nurse he has to undress for in case of his biyearly medical checkup.
19. Children make his head hurt.
20. Rammstein, SOAD and Metallica on full volume do not.
It's a miracle.